Colonia Church

Don't Do Package Tours - Colonia, UruguayAugust 6th 2006 Needing a break from Buenos Aires we decided to go to Uruguay for the day!
We departed on the ferry early morning on an organised tour that included transport, lunch and a guide for Colonia. The ferry journey was fun - great views of the BA skyline and then nothing until we arrived in Colonia a few hours later.
We were met by the guided and jumped onto the tour bus for the rest of the day. ... read more

South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del SacramentoA violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand i... ... read more